【正文】 the minutes in the box provided below for your answer. Note that Mr. Flugel is the general manager, Mr. Graber is the manager of accounting department, Ms Heine is the manager of public relations, Mr. Boileau is the manager of Customer Care and Ms Sherry is the coordinator of suppliers. Lay the minutes out in the way that you have learnt. When you write the points out, don’t just begin every sentence with Mr…said that…, but use other more expressive words, such as agree, ask, believe, feel, point out, suggest, think, wonder or explain. Mr. Flugel: Profit have dropped recently owing to the high rate of inflation. The Purchasing Department is now having to pay double for supplies of raw materials. Mr. Graber: Can we cut down any of our costs? Ms Heine: Transport costs seem very high Mr. Boileau: This is due to the increased charges for air freighting goods. Ms Heine: Why don’t we ship our goods down the Rhine from Basel? That would reduce costs considerably. Ms Sherry: If we do that, we’ll have to revise all our schedules to allow for longer time would take. Mr. Boileau:Yes, we would have to dispatch goods well in advance to make sure the customers got them on time. Mr. Graber: Isn’t there a risk if delays？ The volume of traffic on the Rhine is very heavy. Ms Heine: Delays certainly would be very bad for public relations. We can’t afford to lose customer through delayed deliveries. Mr. Flugel: Aren’t we perhaps trying to cut expenses in the wrong areas? In my opinion it makes more sense to economize on some of the nonessential expenditure. Let’s take a closer look at some of our R amp。 . E to C :a job ad of a secretary amp。 考試時間： 90 分鐘。 (4) 9 分標準：格式布局準確，基本切題，語言連貫性差，有較多的嚴重語言錯誤。閱卷人員先確定短文檔次，然后則上下浮動 1 分。拉詩娜小姐也同意這種說法 （ 1） 并建議由調(diào)查組檢查問題的某些方面 （ 1） 。 （ 1） 2．格 雷貝爾先生提到在未來的一年里他將進行環(huán)球旅行， （ 1） 他將拜訪 Schweibur 的伙伴及它的附屬公司， （ 1） 希望在他們自己的國家見到今天出席的各位。所以我們需要盡快提高產(chǎn)品質(zhì)量、 （ 1） 減少殘次品。 （ 1） ?？怂瓜壬J為應該對問題進行詳細調(diào)查 （ 1） ，并認為有些檢查人員工作方法保守 （ 1） ，可能是由于他們年齡較大 （ 1） 。閱卷的標準可分為 6 檔 ： 18 分、 15 分、 12 分、 9分、 6 分和 0 分。 (3) 12 分標準：格式布局準確，切題，語言表達基本清楚，文字基本連貫，但語言錯誤較多。 ． Listening Test 【注意 :本試卷聽力部分錄音在 “秘書英語聽力錄音三級 05”中】 Ⅰ . Directions: Listen to the text about the meeting and choose the best answers for the questions. (5 questions, 2 marks for each question, 10 marks) 1. The saying probably take place________. (A) in the meeting room (B) at restaurant (C) in the opening ceremony of pany (D) in the office 2. Who should have presided over the meeting? ________. (A) The man (B) Mr. Hampton (C) Susan (D) Mr. Smith 3. Why will Susan make notes?________. (A) Company will keep it (B) Mr. Hampton well get some information (C) Everyone will get a copy (D) The decision well be announced 4. Everyone will be allowed _______to speak. (A) 15 minutes (B) at least 15 minutes (C) 5 minutes (D) no more than 50 minutes 5. Which following statement is right? _______. (A) Only Mr. Smith will speak (B) Someone will speak (C) Everyone except Mr. Smith will speak (D) Everyone will speak Ⅱ . Directions: Listen to the dialogue and tell whether the following statements are True or False. Writ T for True and F for False in the brackets. (5 questions, 2 marks each question. 10 marks altogether) 1. [ ] The prices are given with agreement. 2. [ ] The man thinks the prices are too high. 3. [ ] The woman thinks that the cost of production has been raising in recent years. 4. [ ] The man will decide to order based on prices. 5. [ ] The man hopes that the prices can be reduced by 3 percent. B. written test Ⅰ . Vocabulary and structure Directions: For each of the following blanks, four choices are given. Choose the most appropriate one (1 mark each question, 20 questions, 20marks altogether) 1. The actual cost of the building was much higher than our original_______. (A) consideration (B) judgment (C) estimate (D) plan 2. The girls had so ______ in mon that they soon became good friends. (A) little (B) few (C) much (D) many 3. What’s the matter with Harry? I don’t know, but he looks _______ this difficult math problem. (A) that (B) so that (C) as (D) as if 4. The boy spent half an hour ______ this difficult math problem. (A) having worked on (B) to work on (C) on work (D) working on 10. The real trouble ______ their lack of confidence in their abilities. (A) lies in (B) lies on (C) results in (D)leads to 11. Many old age pensioners have no other source of ine and pension levels are not adequate______. (A) living on (B) to live on it (C) to live on (D) living on it 12. This popular sports car is now being _____ at the rate of a thousand a week. (A) turned down (B) turned out (C) turned up (D) turned on 13. By then our experiment had reached ______ stage. (A) a profound (B) a best (C) a future (D) a vital 15. Vicky, one of my doctoral students, had her dissertation ______ as soon as she finished _____ it. (A) to be typed, to write (B) typed, to write (C) being typed, writing (D) typed, writing 16. she hadn’t seen Peter for weeks, _______. (A) nor she had telephoned (B) nor she hadn’t telephoned (C) nor hadn’t she telephoned (D) nor had she telephoned 17. The patient we sent to hospital was _____ last night. (A) operated with (B) operated (C) operated on (D) operated at 18. He _____ when he was at high school but now he is famous all over the world. (A) often played tennis (B) did like tennis very much (C) was not much of a tennisplayer (D) didn’t think much of tennis 19. Einstein’s theory of relativity seemed _____ when it was first introduced. (A) unbelievable (B) unaccountable (C) impossible (D) acceptable 20. Henry looked very much _____ when he was caught cheating in the biol